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Brian Lotti cruising around 7th…

A bootleg Leo photo that he probably doesn’t want used for anything…

Mr. New Mexico

Mike Anderson at golden hour.

Geoff Rowley invited us out to Curren Caples 16th birthday skate jam at the Vans skatepark this past Saturday. Most of the Flip ams and some friends showed up for some shredding. Check out just a few photos from the night and check back later this week for a full video recap.

Habitiat’s Brian Delatorre graces the cover of our Feb/Mar 2012 issue with a gnarly frontside ollie on the edge of six story building in New York City. Check inside the post to find out what else is in this issue.

Skateboarder’s Private Sessions with Guy Mariano & Friends featuring: Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, Elijah Berle, Enrique Lorenzo, Justin Eldridge, Kelly Hart, David Loy, Mikey Taylor, Chris Roberts, Shane Heyl and Vincent Alvarez. Merry Christmas Motherfuckers!

Another out take from Blueprint in Ecuador earlier this year. Kevin Coakley graces color negative goodness…

Skateboarder’s Best Photos of 2011 Part 2 of 3 featuring: Nick Garcia, Omar Salazar, Sammy Winter, Austyn Gillette, Spanky and more.

Ricki Bedenbaugh, aka “The Dude,” is a filmer/editor based in Long Beach, CA who has worked for 411VM, New Deal Skateboards, Element skateboards and currently works with Etnies. Ricki let us dig around in his home office for a few hours and here’s what we found. Check back next Friday for part 4 of 4.

One of Toy Machine’s veteran rippers and Long Beach local, Josh Harmony, gives you this week’s Tuesday 25.

Our Straight to the Internet Best of 2011 mega edit is six and half minutes of mind melting skating from the likes of Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Marty Murawski, Clint Peterson, Anthony Schultz, Yaje Popson, Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Nick Garcia and many more.